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week 15

Reading:

The week 15 reading “An Introduction To Sound Art” by Robert Worby was an interesting read just for the fact that we as humans don’t stop and listen to what the sounds around us are and what they’re coming from. He talks about the art of sound and all the ways there can be sounds and music. I really liked how he talked about how today all we have to do it is search the internet or be a click away from looking up or hearing a sound. The reading also says the sound isn’t a thing you can see or touch. That for me alone is mind-blowing.

Robert talks in great depth of all the things people throughout history did to get where we are today with sound art. When he talks about the history of how sound art had many strands and thread that didn’t join well together at times make sense to me because I had no idea there was even a thing called sound art. There are all types of sound art such as radio, poetry, text and voice, film, and video. Those are just a few of examples. He tells that sound moves the air and leaves nothing behind, that a sound unfolds in it own time and then it’s gone forever; only a memory survives and memory fades quickly. Sound is something that you can’t touch or feel; it has no substance or mass because it is atoms and molecules.

 Sound:

“One Square Inch of Silence” by Gordon Hempton is something amazing -- the sounds of nature, like the running water, the birds chirping, the sounds of the animals. We don’t get to hear those kind of things, in most cases just for the fact there is so much going on in today’s world. Like the article said, there are planes and cars so there aren’t many quite spots anymore. The rain forest is one place to stop and listen to what nature had made for the world, all the little sounds that are out and about.

 Media:

Susan Pilipaz talks about her personal interest in sound art and what she thought would have meaning for her. She made sound art with World War II instruments. The instruments couldn’t play much anymore but they would make sound and it became about the breath. Susan also did sound art on the forgotten people from the Holocaust; she used sounds that would make people remember those of the past so they could become part of the present.

Connections/ comparisons;

In both the reading and media, sound art is a pretty wide rang that can be more than one thing or sound that can be used in many different ways, along with being manipulated in to a sound that hasn’t been heard or created by objects or sound, along with millions of other things.

 Relevant Artist:

I choose Bethan Kellough. She is a composer and sound artist that is based in Los Angeles. She gained her education from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She was awarded a PhD in Sonic Arts in 2015, researching immersive sound-worlds, spatial aesthetics and the interaction between sonically and visually articulated spaces. I like her sound art for the fact that she uses a lot of nature sounds which I really enjoy. I like how she uses sound as her sculpture. To me this means she can change a sound and manipulate it to a sound she wants to use and make her own, which is interesting.

I was greatly surprised to learn there was such a thing called sound art. Of course I know there are sound around us everyday there is music and all that good stuff. But I had no idle about sound art I am mind baffled to know all my life I never know this was even a thing. Yes, it is amazing that something like this is out in the world and this just go to show the world is so much bigger than I ever could have thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50A7cD8a1nA

 One of Bruce Nauman’s works includes telling tehnicians to “drill a hole into the heart of a large tree and insert a microphone.” I myself would really enjoy this because you don’t know what you are going to hear when there is not a person in sight. This is where a microphone is just left in the hole in a tree. That is something I would be interested in finding and hearing.

 copyright 2009 Walker Art Center, photo by Cameron Wittig

References

01Bethan kelloug –Descent [touch].(2016 Aug,25).Video Retrieved from httpsi//www.youtube.com/watch?v=50A7cD8A

“One square Inch of Science. Audio fine.” Retrieved from www.onesqare inch.org

Worby Robert. (2006). The introduction to sound art. Retrieved from www.robertwrby.com

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Week 13

Relational aesthetic and social practice is a type of art that is new to the art world. I had no clue abut this type of art. The reading talks about how a pile of candy is a piece of art that the public can take home with them and watching a person cook Asia food in front of a consumer. I feel like these are everyday things that are becoming art. This week`s reading was sure out of my thinking of what art is, talking about it being a performance for the public. These two articles talk about what we think of as everyday things or seeing a job as a type of art.

The video talks about things that seem like little parts of life. She made a difference with IDs for people and giving bar codes out for people to buy lower priced foods. This was a way to help and become part of history and art. I like how she wanted to make a difference with her art work to make people look at the world in a new way. The dripping of chocolate represents a person that dies from hunger with every drop. This is scary to see but through her art she opens our eyes to what is going on and taking something from our everyday life and using it as a tool of knowledge.

             I feel like there is a connection both in the articles and the video about how these types of art are opening the public eyes to everyday things and using them to get a message across in different ways to make us see what is not being seen. These artists are making history by creating these types of work. But their massage is getting across to people in away that is new.

           My relevant artist is Vanessa Beecroft. She is an Italian contemporary performance artist. She works in the United States. Most of her work is made up of professional models that are sometimes naked or mostly naked. She was born in April 25, 1969 in Genoa, Italy. The type of art work she is known for is performance, photography and drawing, paintings and sculpture art. Vanessa got her education from Brera Academy.

           This week I was surprised by the information part of this week because once again, something I didn’t think was or could be art is a type of art. This is used not only to make a change but to better the message of what is really going on in the world by using everyday items that have become part of the art world.

           My opinion keeps changing because it seems to be an endless option of what art can be and new ways to make art everyday. I have never looked at the world as a person being interested in what art is or could be. I can’t say this enough—art, along with artists just keep surprising me.

           I really enjoy the artist this week from Art 21. She talks a lot about Mexican history and the culture that really hits home for me I have always wanted to go there to visit because my daughter is part Hispanic. I would like to take her to show her the art and part of her family history. Listening to the artist talk about how things are and the way art is becoming part of everyday life and having meaning is something amazing, not only for history but for part of the world.

Jeriah. An Introduction to Relational Aesthetic and Social Practice. (2014). Retrieved from badatsports.com

Minerva Cuevas in “Mexico City.” (16 Sept. 2016) Video. Retrieved from art21.org

Relational Aesthetics: The Art of Sociability. (2011). Retrieved from nbmaa.wordpress.com

Minerva Cuevas (n.d.)goggle images

Vanessa Beecroft (n.d.)goggle images

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Week 12

Reading:

The article on performance art gives a definition and synopsis. In this genre, art is presented live.  This type of art was popular throughout the 20th century but was important in the 1960s when women used this art to express their movement.  The Vietnam war also was portrayed in performance art. A couple important performance artists in the US were composer John Cage and dancer Merce Cunningham. Joseph Beuys was one of the most well-known performance artists in Europe. Performance art challenged audiences rather than entertained them. Performance art uses action, body art, happenings, endurance, ritual.

Bree Newsome  is called a superwoman In the article from the Conversation. She climbed the flag pole at the South Carolina State House and cut down the Confederate flag. She was arrested and the flag was put back up the next day. However, her action was performance art that made a statement of how black people feel about that flag. There are two types of socially engaged: art symbolic practice and actual practice. Bree Newsome’s art was actual practice.

Video:

Nick Cave feels he is an artist with a conscience. He wants to be more than an artist. he doesn’t draw anything out and he doesn’t make lists.  He has no plan.  He had to hire three full time assistants just to help him in the beginning and now he has ten full-time assistants.  He enjoys the sound his suits make. I like how he goes to flea markets where he will buy random items he found. I like how he talks about the reason he buys all types of birds. When he was growing up, he was taught that birds are precious. His grandmother kept her birds in a curio cabinet because it was art. His suit that he made out of birds was his way to stay connected to his grandparents and to honor them in his way. He wants to change the way of interacting with on another; he wants to use art as a diplomacy, and he thinks his art impacts the Black movement.  

Connection/comparison

I see a connection in both the reading and media who both talk about how they don’t have a plan forthis type of art.  Both talk about how an artist has a starting point and goes from there and keeps building to come up with a project. Performance artists seem to want to try to bring change in some way to better our world.

Relevant Artists:

I have chosen Carolee Scheeman for my relevant artist; she is an a American visual artist known for her art work about the body and sexuality and gender.  She received a B.A. from Bard College as well a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Illinois. She was born October 12.1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carolee received awards from Guggenheim fellowship for creative art in US and Canada. Carolee is known for the movements of  Feminist art, Neo- Dada , Happening, and Fluxus. She is well known for visual art and performance art. Carolee has taught at several  universities  including the California Institute of the Arts  the school of the Art Institute of Chicago , Hunter College and Rutgers University. She also has published widely, producing works like Cezaana, She was a Great Painter (1976 ) and  More Than Meat Joy: performance work and selected writing (1997).

I was surprised by the media this week how Nick Cave created his type of art. I always thought there was a stricter way to making art. I love how he doesn’t have a clue what he is going to make; he buys random odd little things from flea markets and holds onto things until he wants to use them. He is my type of person which makes me want to relate to his art and make me want to see one of his suits in person.

Yes, I would have to say my opinion has really changed over the course of this class because of all the information I have learned and the trip I took to a museum. I am at that point I could understand art and appreciate it for what it is and not be so narrow minded with my personal thoughts about art.

I relate to this week’s artists because they are using the tools that life gave them to make a change in the world in their own way. I think everyone wants to be that change in a person’s life to be able to give hope and faith to another person.  At least I know I do!

2016, September 16 ). Nick Cave in “Chicago” Retrieved from: www.art21.org

Gaiter, C. (20115, July 1). Bree Newsome’s Superwoman-style, Confederate flag pole climb was an artistic statement. Retrieved from http://the conversation.com

Performance art.(n.d.) Retrieved from www.theartstory.org

(Eye Body # 24. (1963). Retrieved from http://www.artnews.com/2013/12/08/carolee-schneemanns-iconic-feminist-art-rules-miami/

Masterpieces #15 Carolee Schneemann, Interior Scroll.(1975). Retrieved from https://fineartmultiple.com/blog/carolee-schneemann-interior-scroll-masterpiece/

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Reading:

                This week I read over chapter 13 on architecture.” Architects’ Unique Concerns” talks about how it is linked to visual art, like stone building and stone walls that are built. These are buildings that have a flare of art in them. In “Function Throughout History” talks about how we have try to build huts or comfort in our living spaces for ourselves, depending on whether it needs to be warmer or colder. In most case we want larger and better structure for a longer period of time to able to be permanent structures. 

There is a big range of architecture that has changed throughout history, such as if building in a hot environment. They would make areas that are dark and cold to keep them cool. Structure is the setup of how things are set up together  They would use material like rock and stone or even mud to build a structure and cut away what they did not need. There are so many different types of structural ways to build,  along with different types of material that can be used in the structure or setting. In “Socially Responsible for Architecture,” they try to look at the environment to see what kind of building can be built to save money or energy, like using solar or wind sources in powering these buildingss.

Video: Maya Lin In “Identity” Maya Lin likes to work with natural earth formations.  I like the statement she made, “It’s a play with inside work and outside work about capture the landscape.” She likse to do art work but she also does architecture work and makes them together. She does a lot of building that looks like art work and is part of the building.

Connection/ comparisons

I think I would compare the reading and video on how they talk about being able to make a space maintainable. It explains how art can be put together and be responsible in how you can make something better. You can expand on what a space is used for and how it can affect our environment.

 Relevant artist:

I have picked Andrea Zittel for my relevant artist for this week. She is an American artist based in Joshua Tree, CA.  She was born on September 6, 1956. She gained an education from Rhode Island School of Design and San Diego State University. She received her BFA (Bachelor in Fine Art). Andrea is known for her installation art, social practice and contemporary art. She has awards from Guggenheim Fellowship for her creative art in the US and Canada.

What surprised me in this week’s content?

I would have to say I was surprised to learn there are not too many artists that are architects. I also always forget that there are buildings that are out there to better our environment and maintain a  healthy world. These are things I think have really helped in our environment because they are finding ways to reuse and save.

My understanding of art is always changing due to all the information I am learning about how art is created. I never knew what is really going on out in the world that is caused by art.

I would have to say I really like all the images of structural art I saw this week.  It is interesting to see how far we have come in building throughout history.  I would like to see some of these structures in person. I think this chapter really relates to our lives much more than any other chapter because this is how we live our day to day life --  

in homes and buildings with new and old architectural design.

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

 Art21years (producer). (2009,Ocoter 28)"Maya Lin in "Identity. Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

  Andrea Zittel (n.d.) Google images

Andrea Zittel (n.d.) Google images

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Week 10  Craft

Reading:

This week I read chapter 11 over Craft Media. It talked about clay, metal, wood, glass and fiber work. These are all handcrafted items that use a lot of items you can see in everyday life. It is very hard to find a glass maker anymore. I enjoyed this chapter because as humans I think we take things for granted, such as woodwork, like jewelry boxes or kitchen utensils, and toys made from wood. The glass work is an amazing art that has been done for a period of time.  In everyday life we see vases and glass windows for church. Glass is made by a simple process of melting sand, lime and soda. The technology has been in use for over 3,500 years. Fiber art is another great piece of art from our time of history, but this kind of art is mostly used in many traditional cultures. They say you have to be very determined to be a basket weaver today.

Video:

Brian Jungen in Vancouver creates native art.  When he walked into Nike Town, he saw Jordan’s shoe in a glass display and that seemed very strange to him. He then started seeing connections between the color schemes of the shoes; they seemed to look like native masks. He started to cut them up, and that was his start. He used to make art work to hide behind his feeling about his parents, but his cultural history came out in his art work and there was no hiding. I like how he said he gave the drums he made come to life and have a different purpose for them. He would use things from everyday life that people can recognize. He feels like if his parents were still around, he would be working on the farm and doing art in secret. I myself feel he became the person he was meant to be.

Connections/ comparisons:

I feel like both the book and video talked about the history of art and how it can still be found and made in today’s world. Both tell how history has made its mark on people and what is created from backgrounds, like Native American art came out in Brian’s work that was just embedded in his life. They both touch on art history and what things look like and how they can become part of our everyday life.

Relevant artist:

I have chosen Marie Watt for my relevant artist this week because I honestly enjoyed her art work.   She is an artist that uses Native American themes. She is working in Portland, Oregon. Marie works with mostly textile art. Marie was born in 1967 in Seattle, Washington. She is well known for her installation and printmaking. Her awards are the Bonnie Bronson Sward from Northwest Art in 2009. Marie got her MFA (Master of Fine Art) from Yale University School of Art, with a BS (Bachelor of Science) from Willamette University and her AFA (The Associate in Fine Arts) from Institute of American Indian arts. She has a husband, Adam Mclsacc, and two daughters, Maxine and Evelyn.

What surprised me in this week’s content:

I feel like it would have to be the everyday things that are in our daily life that we don’t stop to as art or that they were created by artists, like vases or furniture or dishes. We take a lot for granted and don’t think to look where things come from like what we cook with or the things we sit on.

My Opinion: Yes, I would have to say every time I open our book and read a chapter I find more reasons to open my eyes and look around.  This includes things in my everyday life that I didn’t see before. When I learn more about the process that is put in to the work of art it makes me have more of an open mind to learn more and see what else is out there .

Like or dislikes: I would have to say I enjoyed all of that art that I came across this week. It was interesting to learn the process of to how these art pieces come together.

Relate to my life: I would have to say this has given me another perspective to look at our everyday items and have an appreciation for how it became kitchen ware or how a flower vase was created by sand. Now I can take away from this class that there is history behind everything we touch and do in our life, even art.

Marie Watt (n.d.) Google images

Dale Chihuly sea n.d.) Google images

References

Art21years (producer). (2009,October 28) Brian Jungen in “Vancouver”      Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education,

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Week 9

Reflections on the reading

In this reading we learned that installation art can be temporary or permanent for public or private spaces. Installation art work came along in 1969 where inside art was built in a space that is made for that art piece. In the 1980s Immersive virtual reality became very popular because the audience was involved. The spectators could visit what the artist made and make a situation come alive rather than just watch. Installation art is not limited to on object; it can be a painting, sculpture, photograph or film.

Qireshi at the Metropolitan does a garden every year that does splatter art which gives the public a chance to walk through the art work to experience the feeling of a crime scene. Life is death; people seem to be afraid to walk through the landscape perhaps because they were scared to mess up the art work or because they may not know what will come next in the landscape.

Rain room is made up of water that is made by cameras that can track your every movement. When moving through the space it is said to feel like there is an emotional connection with the water. Only a few people at a time are allowed to walk through this exhibit; the wait time is up to almost two hours, rain or shine.

The Gallery of the Lost Arc didn’t seem to stand a chance to be an exhibit; it was not introduced to the pubic. The arc seemed like it was a big eye sore to the people who worked in the offices surrounding the area; they went to court to get it taken down. It was broken down in three sections that now is in a warehouse nowhere to be seen.

Your reflections on the videos/Media: Do Ho Suh in” Stories”

We hear Do Ho Suh talk about his life growing up in Korea  as a young boy into a man and how their customs come out in his everyday life from when he was in the army to the other children in his class. Do Ho Suh wanted to be out of his father’s shadow to be his own artist. His mother helped him to become his own artist. Do Ho Suh was part of the military, which is a big part of a Korean man’s life. He spent two years in the forces and became a good sharp shooter. He felt that this experience dehumanized him and that made him think. His art work today shows a lot of what he went through and felt as a young man in the army.

Connections/comparisons you find between the two:

I find the connection of the art work that is sized and designed for the space of the object or objects that will appear in that space. In both the reading and video it was talked about how a space was made to fit the exhibit and how that piece of art works within that space. The public can walk around the object or through the art work to see a three dimensional work and have a better perception of the exhibit.

Relevant Artists:

I have chosen Nancy Holt for my relevant artist because her background caught my eye I enjoyed reading about what she has done and what she has become in the art world. Nancy is most known for her sculpture, installation art, and land art. she started to work with film and photography. She also started writing books and articles that talked about her own art work. Nancy is an American artist that was an only child who spent most of her time in New Jersey with her mother and father. After college she married a fellow artist. Both she and Robert her husband started a foundation to expand the limits of  artistic practice through public service. This foundation changed the awareness of both artists’ creative legacies that continue to transform the art world today.

I would have to say I am surprised about how they choose a place to have a certain exhibit by the layout of how big a place is so the art work exhibit can be built in a special size. I really liked the dog tag armor exhibit that was shown in this week’s video and how things can look different than what we may think they should look.

My opinion has changed tremendously toward concerning my expectation of art and who an artist can be. I feel I have gained the information of all the different types of art that is out in the world. I have a better understanding of the artists’ process of creating their work.

I strongly liked the rain room exhibit because with all the technology becoming such a big part of today’s world it is really interesting how they can put cameras in a room to detect movement and have water fall down and not get a drop of water on anyone. It astounded me to see what technology is doing and has done in the past; this project is only one example.

I feel it is my life lesson to keep an open mind along with all the possibilities of what can come next in life with having a great appreciation for art and what it takes to be an artist. It is never one sided as well as there is no one thing that should or shouldn’t be part of art. This new world is full of possibility of color and shapes and is willing to push what art is at the end of the day.

References

Art21years (producer). (2003,September 9).”Do Ho Suh in Stories.” Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Brenson, M.(1989).Artview: The messy Saga of Tilted Arc is far from over. Retrieved http://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02

Installation art.(n.d) Retrieved from www.wikipedia .org

Mundy, J(2012,October 25) Lost art: Ricard Serra. Retrieved from https//www.late.org.ukcontext-comment/articles/gallarey

Selz, Gabrielle.(2003,July). Installation art-five wonders in new York. Retrieved from www.Hamptons art hub.com

Nancy Holt land art(n.d.) Google images

Rain Room (n.d.) Google images

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Week 8

Reflections on the reading:

This week we read about carving, modeling and casting of sculpture in Chapter 10. I read that a small clay or plaster model is called a maguette. Today small models are combined with or replaced by computer-aided models which can be seen in 3-D when rotating or moving around the art piece. The book talks about the process that goes into carving and all the different types of material that can be carved and how it is done. Modeling is when you can hand shape a soft material that cannot hold its own weight and has to be reinforced with wood or even wire to maintain the sculpture in the desired position. Casting is when your sculpture is bronzed and burnt which allows it to harden. Chapter 10 tells the breakdown of what is used and what the process is in making art sculptures.

Reflections on the videos/media

Video: Kara Walker feels like her art is “consumed by history.” She wanted to learn more about sugar, where it come from and what artists do with it. Sugar salt sculpture is made of up of a sugar paste that was made for royalty. The sculpture is made to show power. Walker was not confident that she could do these sculptures and hung back during that process. A clay model was the first step that was scanned, then digitized, and created into a file that could be read. A bow knife is used to make the edges. Kara Walker’s sculpture is five feet tall and a mixture of corn syrup, water, and sugar that will be set on the models. She feels it is important to work with something that is temporal, meaning subject to change.

Interview:  Kara Walker discussed Gone with the Wind. When she was in college she finally read the book. It was rich with romance, but she did not think it was going to be good. She felt like she was half blinded by her own views and meanings of white and black. Walker felt like Gone with the Wind was like soft porn.  She feels we buy in to ‘whitism and blackism.’ We all buy into it. Kara Walker tells in her interview how humor brings up feelings of what happened in the past like slavery but she feels the need to tell her truth. She gave herself this job and is very proud of what it is to be an African American artist. She brings those beliefs to her art work.

Connections/comparisons you find between the two:

There are many of the same steps happening throughout the sculpture process and how models are built before making the end result of the product. There are many details in every step of a sculpture to create a unique look.

Relevant Artists

I have chosen Damien Hirst for my relevant artist for his sculptures. He started in the 1980s. He is the richest artist alive. Damien’s education was at Goldsmith College. Damion was raised Catholic, which he  would later work into his art work. Damien was always the bad boy in the art world. Damien employs over 100 people to assist him. He became popular from his dead animal works such as shark, sheep and cow that were preserved. He was born in July of 1965 in the United Kingdom. His name was Damien Steven Brennan. Damien had a troubled childhood; he got in some trouble. He never knew his father, and his mother remarried. Damien’s type of art is construction and sculpture.

What surprised you in this week's content?

my understanding of art has changed with every chapter that comes along, showing me more about the details that go into making art. This week I gained information about types of sculpture and how they are made. With all this new information, I have gained some new outlooks to find understanding of what it is to be an artist which has changed my view of what objects can be perceived as art.

How does this relate to your life and interests?

This week’s video makes me want to try some clay work and try to make something. Maybe clay work Is something I could do with my daughter. I don’t know how good it will look or how it will turn out but I think it is something to try. I am looking forward to seeing the art exhibit that is due in the next coming month.

Art21years (producer). (2003). The Melodrama of “Gone with the wind” Kara walker Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Art21years (producer). (2009,October 28). Kara walker “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby.”       Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Damien Hirst  sculptures (n.d.) Google images

Tree of Life Fantasy sculptures (n.d.) Google images

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Week 7

My Reflection on the reading:

I finally understand what a pixel is and what it means. The camera creates an image with color. I found out more information by this week’s reading about photography than I have ever known throughout my whole life. There are concepts that I read in chapter 8 that I had no idea that it was even possible to change a digital picture once you download it to a computer and can manipulate the image and other pictures can be put in the photo. This chapter really breaks down the types of photography and cameras that were used in the past and how far we have come with digital cameras and images. Film making has come a long way down the road has developed quite a bit as well.  Film makers can change a scene in a film with millions of edits and changes can be made by adding in special effects like smoke, clouds, light, and flares (p. 300) In the film The Matrix Reloaded 500 digital artists worked on cloned faces of the main characters and their actions. It is amazing to me to know the hours it takes to make what is called art. Most importantly, I found it fascinating how our brains hold onto a photo clip for a tenth of a second after the image disappears.

 My Reflections on the video:

 Natalia talks about wanting to make a film and how she wants to set it up by using her grandmother’s voice and pictures. Natalia edits all her own films. At the place Natalia swims, she saw more people being open and real while getting to see them in a real setting. She would re make the images she took and add herself into the clips. Then over the years her mom was scared of water and wondered how a wound could reopen like that. Natalie talks about the film of the shots and the sounds in her film she is making in memory of her sister downing. She looks at the world as a work space for her.

 Connections /comparisons between the book and video:

I see a connection of both the reading and video concerning how films are made. We learn there is a great process in making a film needing images and sounds and have them all lined up in a way they can be understood in a story line. There is a great deal of editing when it comes to making a film.

 Relevant artist:

           I’ve choose Richard Prince for my relevant artist. He is an American artist; his type of art is photography and painting. In 1977 he began copying other photographers’ work like the untitled (cowboy) and resold for over 1 million dollars. Richard is the most revered artist of his generation according to the New York Times. I feel that Richard Prince is a great artist of his time and shows that through his work.

 What surprised me in this week’s content?

    I did not know the difference between a camera and digital camera except that the regular camera takes film and the digital camera has a SD card or memory that holds the picture. I did not know that whichever lens you choose depends on how the image will turn out on the digital cameras because of a pixel.

The reading just makes me wonder why I never picked up an art book before or read about pixels.

 Has my Opinion or understanding of art changed at all? How?

           YES! My opinion and understanding of what art can be has drastically changed because I have learned how anything can be art. I like how in the video Natalia stated she didn’t understand how people can remember if they are not filming the scene. That statement really hit home for me because home videos are very important to me and taking pictures of my family means the world to me so I can only imagine how important other art is to other people and what it means to them.

 What artwork did you strongly like or dislike and why?

I didn’t like the Robert Wiene painting (8.28) &( page 299) because of the way he set up his painting. It looks to me like he is dragging a body in the setup of a tunnel. He is using black and white for the back drop of color and contrast. It just gives me an uneasy feeling when looking at the painting; he did capture the scariness of a horror painting.

 Art21years (producer). (2009,Ocoter 28). Natalia Alada “Mexico City.” Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Robert Wiene paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

  Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Robert Wiene paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

Robert Wiene paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

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Week 6

Chapter 6

Chapter Six is an overview of printmaking on wood engraving and being able to mass produce the art from the 20th and 21 century when this all began. I gained a knowledge of what all goes in to making wood art and how they can put a range of colors to change in an image by carving lines on a piece of wood. I am surprised to learn what it took to produce wood carving and make printouts of images. I enjoy the Steamboat off a Harbor`s Mouth and how they engraved the black to white with mid-tones with putting in a series of lines to create it. (Pg253-254) Once again, I underestimated what can be done with art. The book explained the process of printmaking  and what kind of depth goes in to making carvings. The photocopy and fax technology made a whole new possibility by lapping color and layering images.

John Baldisseri in System Video:

I like how John say “Because he said it is art that they believe me.” That is a strong statement for me. I am always questioning  what art is. John`s view of what painting is to be tasteful. That is why he quit painting. John is  a late lover in art. He wanted to be a social worker, but he receive  an Art and teaching degree to support himself. He would buy images that that were cheap and he could change the image that was familiar to the public. John built an image from an existing image by layering colors and lines on top of the image. I agree how he took photos of these powerful people and put a dot on their face. This represented taking away their power, meaning they can be replaced by others in power.        

Connections/ Comparison

I found a connection of John`s photomontage and photocopy. Fax art is somewhat similar in how you can change or manipulate color and an image of what they are working with. I really enjoy this type of art for the colors and certain body parts they chose to put colors in or make stand out. Both the book and the video talk about what art is and the basic layout of steps these artist take.

Relevant Artists:

I have chosen Melanie Yazzie for my relevant artist. She is very diverse. She is not only one thing; she is a sculptor, painter and printmaker as well a professor that teaches two-dimensional art. I chose her because she is more than an artist, and that give me more understanding of art. She is a well- rounded person. Her paintings are very colorful and bright. I feel her paintings are very simple to the eye and I can understand them. This makes me enjoy what I am looking at. Melanie`s background is Navajo; she is from Arizona and does her panting of her Navajo background.

What surprised me this week:

I am amazed how wood carving is done and the type of wood that has to be used in order to have the image engraved. I wasn’t familiar with the  tools you used to finish the process.              

My opinion or understanding of art has changed:

Yes, I feel that understanding art is to trying to see what kind of meaning the artist wants to be portrayed but that art can be anything a person believes it to be. Learning about the different types  of art and what all goes in to making art has expanded my appreciation of art.

 Art work like or Disliked and why?

I would have to say I disliked the Three Crosses (page 255-256) just for the fact I don’t like what I feel that the imagine is portraying. It represents men being sacrificed for others’ sins and their believers thinking they will gain something from the sacrifice. This also could have something to do with my relationship with god and religion as well.

How does this relate to my life and interest?

This relates to my life by the fact that you should never be one-sided about something or what is possible in the world because of one point of view. This makes me interested to introduce art into my mind and into my life. I feel I gain more each time we move forward throughout the reading. I have even looked into going to an art studio and trying to paint with my daughter.

 Art21years (producer). (2009,Ocoter 28). John Baldessari “system.” Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Melanie Yazzie paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Melanie Yazzie paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

Steamboat off a Harbor`s Mouth photography (n.d.) Google images

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Week 5

Reflection of Chapter Five reading

           I feel like this chapter was an overview of what type of paintings had been done and what kind of supplies these artists used in the past and still use today. There was a lot I did not know like how pastels are added to areas within a painting.  I have always been surprised to learn that colors came from minerals. I was also surprised to learn that the women in western Africa still do paintings in a way that has been passed down from their mothers. I am glad this type of art is still going today. It’s a great learning tool for the world to see and understand their art.

 My Reflection on Julie Mehretu Video

I enjoyed the video because of how I learn by seeing and hearing information, which opens my view to so much more. Mehretu’s paintings are beautiful with so many layers that go into each painting. Her team is huge, and  they all seem to work well together in that kind of setting. I wonder how she chooses her team and what kind of background she might want help with to allow how she does her work.

She stated that she does not explain the painting or spell it out. I feel that she wants the meaning of her paintings to be seen and felt. Julie looks like she is a good artist, and her artwork looks like what I grew up thinking art was. I had no idea how much time and effort went into being an artist. I realize I keep saying this statement, but the more I read and learn, my view of art is totally changing from the way I looked at art before class.

  Connection /Comparisons

Both the video and book talked about layering paint for color and effect of a painting. Layering may help how an image looks or how more than one color looks together on a canvas or in a painting. I personally like the layering of images and color because of the depth which is created in the work.

Relative artist

I have chosen Nasreen Mohamedi, who is known as one of the best artists of her time. Still to this day her paintings are shown and studied around the world. Her back ground includes having a great relationship with art from the age of five. She is from India. She is best known for her drawings. There is a lot of her artwork that is not dated or titled. I think she left them untitled for the same reason every artist: she does not like to say what a painting is. I think she wants her consumers to look at a painting and have a feeling or guess what they think the painting is about. I think she was a great artist because her art work is amazing to look at by the colors she put on the canvas. Each painting looks like it has layering. In Mohamedi’s early years she started out trying to work with the shape of the skeleton.

With every chapter I have read, I feel like I’m getting to know a world that I didn’t know existed throughout my adolescence because the limited experience that I had with art. Therefore, now I look forward to reading every chapter while getting to know this whole new world of art that I had no clue was out there. I have so much more appreciation for art and how I look at art. I think that I put art in this box and put a title on what I thought it should be or how art should look.  However, there are so many possibilities even in the word art. I am the type of person that did not understand that art is to be enjoyed by looking at the creation rather than making a judgment.

Art21years(producer).(2009,Ocoter 28).Juile Mehrtuin “system.” Retrieved from https://art 21 org/watch/art-in-the twenty-century/s5

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Julie Mehretu paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

Julie Mehretu paintings photography (n.d.) Google images

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week 4

My reflection on the Chapters reading  is an eye opening information. I have always wondered about the image that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel. I took a personal interest in this chapter getting to gain what and who these people were in the painting of where Adam is reaching out to God. God is giving Adam breath. I have always been interested in that painting.  Chapter 16 really explained what Michelangelo paintings were and meant to mean and what his thoughts were. The Pope hired him so it was from the Pope’s perspective but Michelangelo’s perspective is in the paintings as well.

In the William Kentride video the artist didn’t know what he wanted to be growing up but he made it into art through drawings, acting, and films. He wants to take his art to another level of what something can grow into like his drawing. The drawing changes into more explaining from our past history or one of William’s memories from his childhood. I like how he said, “I’m not here to define what art is, I only make art.

My connection for the reading and the Kentride video would have to be when they talk about art as three dimensional. Our mind turns images into 3D in our mind, making It like it has depth which we see as a human. It is pretty amazing our eyes send that signal to our brain and that is how we see art as three dimensional.

My Relevant Artist I have chosen is Vija Celmins; she is an artist known for her photo realistic paintings she does and natural environment drawings that she has done such as of the ocean and spider webs. She was born on October 25,1938; she is 79 years old. She did her education at the University of California in Los Angeles. She has received awards for MacArthur fellow ship and Guggenheim fellowship for creative art in the US and Canada.

I was very surprised about the depth and shadowing for three dimensional effect that went into the Sistine Chapel and all of the Michelangelo paintings. When they restored the painting they lost some of the depth from the painting. I have a lot of respect for Michelangelo for his dedication to art and giving the world something so beautiful.

My understanding of art has a whole new meaning as I am getting to understand that not only one person can make art but that anyone can make art and that art can be a variety of many things throughout history.  I have learned that anything is possible and we don’t have to be an artist to make art.

I really enjoyed the Adam and God image just for the fact that I grew up always wondering what the meaning behind the art work. Just knowing that God was giving breath to Adam really opens my mind up to all the possibilities of what art can be to different people who are viewing this image.

Art relates to everyday things and the way someone feels when looking at a color and how any image makes you feel in the moment. There are so many possibilities of what art is and what it can be throughout the creative process.

Ortega, E.M. & Ravich, N . (producers). (2010, October 21). William Kentridge: Anything is possible.

Zelanski,P.& Fisher, M.P. (2011). The art of seeing (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Vija Celmins photography ( n.d.) Google images

The creation of Adam or God`s touch with fingers photography (n.d.) Google images

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(Trevor Paglen photography n.d.goggle images).

(Faith Ringgold story quilt n.d. google images).

Week # 3

I took a big amount of information away from Chapter 15; there was a landslide of information about what kind of art work is in the world and what could be possible throughout history.

There are two centuries that really brought art to life for me. I think Romanticism in the 19th century really hit home for me: the kind of full emotion and logic of landscapes paintings that are portrayed in the real world. Turner discovered that feeling was impacted  through colors in his paintings (Zelanski & Fisher, 2011).

Southern Baroque 17th century art was about realistic paintings showing the spiritual beauty in everyday life that was in front of artists (Zelanski & Fisher, 2011).

       An image tells a thousand things, but a painting not only tells a story it shows us what is possible that is real or imagined in the mind.

I enjoyed the video because I gained information about landscape photography, which has always been a part of the world for ages. The armed forces would send out photographers to take pictures of the land and most of the images ended up in magazines as art but in reality the photographs were taken to show the different lands and locations.    

The badges Trevor Paglen talked about in the video were really interesting; the badges had a special security meaning, but others did not know what the images meant. I did not know that even though the military base has closed gates that anything civilians can see with the naked eye they can take pictures of on base.

I feel I can connect the text book and the video basically on identifying what art has been throughout history; these artists build on that and are learning to push the limits of what art can be or what the possibilities are.

       My relevant artist I have chosen is Faith Ringgold; she is from Harlem, New York and was born on October 8,1930. Faith went to City College of New York; she has three children. She is involved in her civil rights and gender equality as well. Faith is best known for her narrative quilts(“Faith Ringgold”, n. d ,Retrieved from www.artsy.net).

        I was surprised on the number of centuries of art even going back to where the natives would carve in caves for a spiritual being so that they would have a good hunt.

Yes, my understanding of art has grown greatly, and I know what is possible with what art can become for not only the artist but to the consumer who is looking at the art work.

I strongly liked Southern Baroque. I enjoyed how they did a lot of painting for the churches  during the 17th century bringing the middle class people of their town into the art world.

I strongly disliked Impressionism Realism as the art was horrible. I did not care for the art; it does not look good to me for the mere fact it looks blurry as well as very dull. Realism rejected a lot of artists and good art that was made throughout late 19th century.  

I relate to art in my life because color brings light into our life and art work is part of that image that can give us a million feelings by the way lines are painted out on a canvas or how a color can draw us into an image.  

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Week two There is a lot to learn about art. I did not think so much went into creating an art piece. When I read chapter two, I was overwhelmed with the information and how much time is put into one piece of art. For example, the painting of the wood panel of the Adoration of the Magi has such detail that comes along with this piece of art to where it draws my eyes and the pops of gold that is happening throughout the image. If I didn’t have the context to the image, it is possible I would have glanced at the image and passed by it without really taking a good look. I was very surprised to learn about all the depth that goes into thinking, building, and creating a piece of art. Lines can be put on a piece of paper to make people feel a certain way about the shape. When I watched the video about Katharina Grosse, she opened my view on what art could be, and how what she said that her mother always took them to all kinds of art shows and museums. I feel those visits impacted Katharina’s life as well as the coloring she did from the newspaper that opened her up to wanting to become an artist. Most people are not exposed to that kind of experience as a child or even throughout her life. I was in awe when she showed the two trees in the building because I thought they were real.  She and her team made the art work and painted it. Without looking at it carefully, I would have never thought it was a fake tree. I love how the paint was to direct our eyes and keep us focused. She is an amazing artist. I really enjoyed the video. The connections between the book and the video was quite large.  Chapter two really breaks down what art is and how it comes together to show the world what the artist thinks and feels by a stroke of a line or the color of a painting. Color can be used to keep us following the image throughout the painting or how a line can draw depth in the image to make is 3D. The video shows us the depth of what goes on to making art and what it takes to make pieces of art fit in to a space /room due to what kind of lighting may or may not be there. I agreed with how art is portrayed and how art could mean more to the person that is doing the art work versus the person that is looking at the art work.  From my point of view, I don’t look at art in the way the book is telling us to look at art. However, the book makes me interested in wanting to see more art and do more to understand what art means and is. Honestly, I really don’t relate to any of this in my life because I grew up in a small town that didn’t really offer much other than painting in art or doing clay work. I enjoyed the class in high school, but I really didn’t get to understand how art should make an impact in my life or even become emotional when I look at paint or sculpture. Yves Klein was a artist from France; he was also important in the post war art business. Klein was one of the leading artists in the artistic movement of Nouveau Realisme founded in 1960S. Klein liked to paint with the color blue because it reminded him of the sky and ocean; he even had a big exhibit called the blue period. Klein passed away in June 6,1962. Klein had one son who was born the year Klein died. His type of art was mostly paintings (“Yves,Klein.”(2018).Retrieved from en.wikipedia. org).

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This piece of art has always had me in wonder, but the blues are amazing. this one sure makes me have a warm fuzzy feeling.

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week one

I love visual art due to the face my eye get to see the colors or what it may make a person feel when they see art. Something that I would like to take from this art class is to under more of a meaning of what the past artist have though or what they intend for the views to see.